Savalou weather in May

In May, Savalou sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 141 mm of rain across 19 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Savalou's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Savalou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 141 mm; 19 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:38 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical May day in Savalou reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

How May really feels in Savalou

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

2 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Savalou weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 22°	4	1	11.6	3.8
Feb	36° / 24°	14	2.5	11.7	2.6
Mar	36° / 25°	53	9	11.9	2.2
Apr	34° / 25°	97	14	12.2	2.5
May	33° / 24°	141	19	12.4	2.7
Jun	31° / 23°	163	22.4	12.5	3.0
Jul	30° / 23°	194	24.4	12.4	3.3
Aug	29° / 23°	214	23.7	12.3	3.5
Sep	30° / 23°	205	23.5	12	3.2
Oct	32° / 23°	103	16	11.8	3.5
Nov	34° / 23°	15	3.5	11.6	3.7
Dec	34° / 22°	4	0.9	11.5	3.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	77	77	76	76	77	77	77	78	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Savalou gets around 141 mm of rain over 19 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	70	71	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	58
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	59
7	59
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	59
18	59
19	59
20	60
21	61
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	67
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the oppressive band about 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	82	83	84	84
Miserable (%)	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of May to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:41	6:58
2	12.3	6:41	6:58
3	12.3	6:40	6:58
4	12.3	6:40	6:58
5	12.3	6:40	6:58
6	12.3	6:40	6:58
7	12.3	6:39	6:58
8	12.3	6:39	6:58
9	12.3	6:39	6:58
10	12.3	6:39	6:58
11	12.3	6:38	6:58
12	12.3	6:38	6:59
13	12.3	6:38	6:59
14	12.4	6:38	6:59
15	12.4	6:38	6:59
16	12.4	6:38	6:59
17	12.4	6:37	6:59
18	12.4	6:37	6:59
19	12.4	6:37	7:00
20	12.4	6:37	7:00
21	12.4	6:37	7:00
22	12.4	6:37	7:00
23	12.4	6:37	7:00
24	12.4	6:37	7:01
25	12.4	6:37	7:01
26	12.4	6:37	7:01
27	12.4	6:37	7:01
28	12.4	6:37	7:02
29	12.4	6:37	7:02
30	12.4	6:37	7:02
31	12.4	6:37	7:02

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in March across the year — May's 5.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Savalou

In seasonPeak

In May, Savalou sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Savalou's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Savalou sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Savalou?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Savalou.

What to pack for Savalou in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Savalou sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Savalou in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Savalou peaks around March 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	9	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Savalou in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Savalou is worst in February — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	82	85	45	39	24	20	19	19	20	30	38	67
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	85	Unhealthy
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	24	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	67	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Savalou?

Savalou sits at 7.9°N, 2.0°E, 181 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Glazoué, 28 km away.

Topography around Savalou

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Savalou.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Savalou has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m around an average of 188 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m.

The land around Savalou is covered by trees (46%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and shrubs (39%) within 16 km, and shrubs (47%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

428 m

trees 46%

16 km

453 m

trees 40%

80 km

521 m

shrubs 47%

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← April Savalou year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Glazoué 28 km · Dassa-Zoumè 30 km · Banté 55 km · Savé 57 km · Djidja 65 km · Ouessé 80 km · Kpozoun 82 km · Abomey 83 km

Benin travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,658; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 18%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2017
Road deaths: 26.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 406
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Savalou (7.9281°, 1.9756°, elevation 181 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	58
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	59
7	59
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	59
18	59
19	59
20	60
21	61
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	67
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	58
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	59
7	59
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	59
18	59
19	59
20	60
21	61
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	67
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	33	24
3	33	24
4	33	24
5	33	24
6	33	24
7	33	24
8	33	24
9	33	24
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	33	24
18	33	24
19	33	24
20	33	24
21	33	24
22	33	24
23	33	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	24
29	32	24
30	32	24
31	32	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	22	78
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	58
3	58
4	59
5	59
6	59
7	59
8	59
9	59
10	59
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	59
18	59
19	59
20	60
21	61
22	62
23	63
24	64
25	65
26	67
27	68
28	69
29	70
30	71
31	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	73	27
2	73	27
3	73	27
4	73	27
5	73	27
6	74	26
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	75	25
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	84	16
31	84	16